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Trampolines
by Jenny Fretland VanVoorst (Author)

Explore the physics behind the trampoline, a popular backyard toy, in three short chapters for early fluent readers.

#kidlit Writing Lesson: the small details

The first page of chapter one introduces the topic with two questions on the left (reverso) page:

CHAPTER 1
ENERGY

Do you like to jump on a trampoline? Did you know that jumping tests the laws of physics?

The bolded word, physics, is defined on the right (recto) page:

Physics is the science of matter and how it moves. There are physics laws by which all things work.

This nonfiction book for early fluent readers introduces one new idea at a time.

Wetland Food Chains
by Rebecca Pettiford (Author)

For Earth Day today, explore the wetland biome and the food chains it supports in this beginning reader with short chapters.

#kidlit Writing Lesson: the small details

In chapter one, wetlands are introduced:

Some wetlands are big. They can cover millions of acres. Others are small. And wetlands are not always wet. Some wetlands can be dry in the summer.

First the size is explained:

Some wetlands are big. They can cover millions of acres. Others are small.

Then an unusual fact is introduced:

And wetlands are not always wet. Some wetlands can be dry in the summer.

The facts about this biome appear to be opposites, so they are explained together in short simple sentences for beginning readers.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)